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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 21h

Senator Whitehouse: Energy "Emergency" is a gigantic grift
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Senator Whitehouse: Energy “Emergency” is a Grift

Above, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the massive grift of Trump’s “Energy Emergency”.As I noted in my recent column, that vast sucking sound is money being transferred from ratepa…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Why Markets keep Stubbornly choosing Renewables
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Why Markets Keep Choosing Renewables

Utility Dive: As electricity demand grows, alongside wind and solar’s share in the U.S. energy mix, concerns about renewables’ reliability are being raised more frequently — including at the h…

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · Nov 14

By popular demand, here is my original translated clip from 2022, where Tulsi Gabbard was perturbed about alleged US attempts to overthrow Putin. State TV host Vladimir Solovyov described Tulsi as their "girlfriend" and agreed that she is Putin's agent.
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Vladimir Solovyov says Tulsi Gabbard is Putin's agent (2022)

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

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John F Leech🦋💙 @jfleech3.bsky.social · 1d

Killing People to Win an Election.

WHAT A PSYCHOPATH

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Wreck the economy to own the libs.

Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's war on clean energy is a massive self own.
Is it fatal for the United States economy?
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Trump War on Clean Energy a Massive Self Own, but is it Fatal?

I’ve posted recently about the challenges, if not impending train wrecks, for LNG and SMRs. As we come up towards a the first full year of the most fossil fuel-centric administration in histo…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, rain is becoming heavier.
Expert explainer
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Yes, Rain is Becoming Heavier

Always worthwhile to pass along an explainer from someone like Kevin Trenberth.More understanding on why a warming climate makes precipitation more intense, with longer dry spells, and related fire…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's war on clean energy is a massive self own.
Is it fatal for the United States economy?
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Trump War on Clean Energy a Massive Self Own, but is it Fatal?

I’ve posted recently about the challenges, if not impending train wrecks, for LNG and SMRs. As we come up towards a the first full year of the most fossil fuel-centric administration in histo…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

For @SecretaryWright "Principle" is a woke social construct
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Energy Secretary Flexed Principle, and Cash, for Trump

“Principles” and “Integrity” are just woke social constructs, anyway. Detroit News, July 30, 2016: Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has declared that his expansive pol…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

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Jane Goodall's final message is a wow

Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

He supported the US against the Taliban, now Trump and ICE want to send him back to his death
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The U.S. saved him from the Taliban, but now it wants to send him back

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Jane Goodall's final Message to Humanity. Just,..wow.
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Jane Goodall’s Final Message

Wow. Netflix: What would you say if you knew it would be your last opportunity? New Netflix documentary interview series Famous Last Words asks some of the world’s cultural icons to do just that, r…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

@SecretaryWright flexed Principles, and Money, to secure his Cabinet post.
"Principles" are just a woke social construct, anyway.
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Energy Secretary Flexed Principle, and Money, for Trump

“Principles” and “Integrity” are just woke social constructs, anyway. Detroit News, July 30, 2016: Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has declared that his expansive pol…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Fossil Fuel's comforting Delusion
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Fossil Fuel’s Comforting Delusion

Bloomberg: There’s a comforting story that oil bulls like to tell themselves to stave off worries about the future: While the privileged few in Europe and California might have lost their minds ove…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA's war on clean energy is a massive self-own. But is it fatal?
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Trump War on Clean Energy a Massive Self Own, but is it Fatal?

I’ve posted recently about the challenges, if not impending train wrecks, for LNG and SMRs. As we come up towards a the first full year of the most fossil fuel-centric administration in histo…

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 2d

Sanity says: “if there is a risk that the AMOC is weakening and heading towards a tipping point, we need to act on that (just like with other major risks). This is not an issue where we can afford to wait until we are certain, or pretend it’s just an academic discussion without major consequences.”

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 3d

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
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RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful Black Lung not a concern for MAGA
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Beautiful Black Lung Not a Concern for MAGA

They voted for Trump. Now they’re being crushed by him. They still believe he cares about them. Common story these days, it seems.– ..the national prevalence of black lung in miners who…

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Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 5d

Why does the Trump administration want to politicize the weather?
So they can piss on your leg and tell you it's raining.
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Deleting the Forecasts: MAGA’s War on NOAA

Why does MAGA want to politicize the weather?So they can piss on your leg and tell you it’s raining. Don’t need a weatherman to know that blows. Former NOAA expert interviewed above men…

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David @dkboyd.bsky.social · 5d

It's interesting how much more definitively corrupt and concerning this is than some document-preparer making mistakes on mortgage applications that Letitia James completed honestly...

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)